Uridine discovery could lead to new pancreatic cancer therapies
Drug Discovery World
MAY 19, 2023
Pancreatic cancer cells can change their ‘diet’ to keep growing, by switching from the sugar glucose to a back-up fuel called uridine, new research has revealed. The findings suggest that blocking the availability of uridine using new drugs could become a new treatment strategy for the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The researchers believe uridine could help fuel other cancers too – such as lung, stomach and brain cancer.
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